Aston Martin pace in F1 Bahrain GP “very concerning”

Fourth-starting Sainz was on course for third place when his Scuderia stablemate Charles Leclerc was forced to retire on lap 39 out of 57 with a suspected engine failure.

However, the 2022 British GP victor was then bumped off the podium in the dying stages by compatriot Fernando Alonso, the two-time world champion making his Aston Martin debut.

Sainz called out poor tyre degradation aboard his SF-23 as fundamental to Ferrari’s inability to mount a challenge to…